Substituting Materials Amid War Rationing and New Plastics
The article describes wartime shortages and rationing in Canada and England, noting restrictions on bacon gas fuel and rubber. It highlights the rise of synthetic substitutes such as rayon nylon and plastics, with Henry Ford's patent for a plastic body car.
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Europe
England
Churchill
Germany
Haseen
Canada
Japan
Henry Ford
Ford
Ocean water contains vast value in dissolved metals
Estimates show a cubic mile of ocean water holds about 5 billion dollars worth of aluminum calcium chlorine bromine copper gold iodine iron magnesium potassium radium silver strontium and sulfur, highlighting the sea's rich mineral content.
Historian Claims Found Drawings for Commons Restoration
Charles Marshall of Cheam Surrey has unearthed complete original drawings for restoring the bombed House of Commons. The find could aid architects in planning a faithful rebuild, challenging prior statements by Prime Minister Churchill on restoration feasibility.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Charles Marshall
Cheam
Surrey
Scrap drive uses penny slots for steel production
The British Automa Company converts 3,000 penny slot machines from peacetime use to a scrap drive. The devices will yield about 250 tons of steel cast iron and aluminum for the war effort.
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British Automa
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Graduates at Saskatoon School
January 2 1942 veterans listed as graduates from No 4 Service Flying Training School Saskatoon Saskatchewan LACs include John Mervyn Churchill Marcus Richmond Charles Cuelenaere James Gow Douglas Hagerman Leonard Hill Alvin Hornseth William Hoar Charles Murray Elden Nielgen Harold Foam Lake Perry Rodney Phipps Sorge Francis Sorge Norman Stelter Ronald Stringer Albert An George Ish Wakaw Thomas Warne Kennedy and others from Saskatchewan and Alberta with addresses across the prairies.
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No. 4 Service Flying Training School
Saskatoon
Sask
John Mervyn Churchill
Ath
William George Hoar
Calder
Charles Murray
Kerrobert
Elden Lloyd Nielgen
Canwood
Harold Orloff
Foam’ Lake
Woodrow John’ Perry
Fairview
Alta
Rodney Thirsk Phipps
Strome
Francis Stewart Sorge
Pincher Creek
Norman Albert Stelter
Lamont
Ronald Henry Stringer
Albert John An
Saak
George Ish
Alexander
Lac
Thomas Herbert Warne
Kennedy
Selected Recipes Hot Breakfast Bread
A compact breakfast bread recipe using flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, sugar, Crown Syrup, egg, milk, currants, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Mix dry ingredients separate, cream shortening with sugars and syrup, combine with egg and milk, fold in flour mix, fold in currants, bake 9 by 12 pan at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, serve hot.
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Mazda
Hitler Builds Reserve Army Ahead of Spring Campaign
The London Daily Mail report from Madrid says Hitler recalled all active divisions from France Belgium and Holland to form a reserve force for a Nazi spring offensive. Occupied zones are now manned by garrison units of men over 40 and youths aged 16 to 18.
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Hitler
London Daily Mail
Madrid
France
Belgium
Holland
Three sergeants hide in Libyan caves until rescue
Three sergeants of a comber forced down in Libya hid in caves and wadis or tents of friendly Arabs until they were rescued by advancing British troops. Besides large families of Arabs the tents housed cows goats hens a few cats and a multitude of insects.
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Libya
Italians weary of war as casualties mount in Africa and Russia
Reports reaching Lisbon say Italian morale is sinking due to heavy losses in Africa and Russia. The piece notes many arrests in Naples and Genoa as authorities tighten controls amid the war effort.
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Italy
Lisbon
Naples
Genoa
Casting The Play For Break fast Festival
Mary Ellen Burgess describes selecting a cast for a Welsh dialect comedy "A Husband For Breakfast" with Marion Nan and Helen cast in lead and supporting roles. She weighs physical presence and voice, notes rehearsals to follow, and invites readers to judge festival results in spring.
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Sotice
Mitchell
Marion
Helen
Nan
Francis
Mrs. Jones II
Jerry
Moses Roberts
Anne
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
Munitions Dept Purchases Medical Supplies Amid Soap Spending Claim
The article notes that the Department of Munitions and Supply buys X ray and surgical equipment, anti gas ointment, stretchers, dental items, and false teeth. It contrasts this with a claim that the average family spends about $10 yearly on soap, regarded by the average small boy as wasteful.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
ALL BRAN Promoted as Better Way Over Pills
Mrs William Brady of Varcee Ontario says she no longer uses hash sh cathartica products and switched to Kellogg's All-Bran. She claims All Bran is the better way and urges readers to buy Kellogg's All-Bran instead of pills or powders.
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William Brady
Varcee
Ontario
Canada approves two vitamin rich flours for April 1
An order in council published in the Canada Gazette discloses that the Canadian government has approved two vitamin rich flour types with government seals to appear April 1 and bread from that flour on April 5. The original market date February 1 was postponed due to milling equipment changes.
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Canada Gazette
London Rail Hubs and Barrage Balloon Facts
Victoria Station is the largest London rail depot with 24 platforms, followed by Waterloo with 21. The text notes a friend’s blunt honesty and gives a geographic longitude extent for Canadian territory and a daily cost of maintaining barrage balloons in London.
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Victoria
London
Waterloo Station
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